The Great Lakes Dairy Sheep Symposium is the major annual event of the dairy sheep industry in North America. For 16 years, this event has attracted dairy sheep producers from Canada, Mexico and throughout the United States. As a small but growing industry, the symposium provides critical connections among producers. The first day includes talks directed towards beginning producers. The second day features presentations by innovative producers and top scientists from North America and abroad to bring the latest information on dairy sheep production and sheep milk processing to our domestic industry. The final day will include tours of local dairy sheep producers and processing plants that manufacture sheep milk cheeses. The Great Lakes Dairy Sheep Symposium provides an educational environment and fosters connections among dairy sheep producers, processor and researchers.